The Los Angeles Lakers will host the Sacramento Kings for the first time this season on Friday without their starting point guard, Avery Bradley, to contain Sacramento’s backcourt tandem of De’Aaron Fox and Buddy Hield.
Bradley will be sidelined for Friday’s game with a a hairline fracture in a non-weight bearing bone in his right leg, and won’t be back with the team for at least another week. Until then, the Lakers know they’ll have to step up and maintain the defensive edge Bradley has given the team this season.